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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
December 13, 1973     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Investment of more than $1,000,000 in a new Simpson Timber Company overlay plywood plant which will replace the outmoded Olympic Plywood Plant on the Shelton waterfront is scheduled for 1974, H. P. Sandstrom, Northwest Operations Manager, announced this week. The new plant will complete Simpson's central veneer operation at Shelton which was built in 1964. Some 20,000 square feet of the present plywood warehouse and construction of a 15,000 square foot addition to that building will accommodate the new overlay facility. Sandstrom said the improvement will enable Simpson to increase its daily production of overlay plywood from the 85,000 square feet now manufactured at Olympic to 105,000 square feet. Simpson plants in Washington, Oregon and California produce 60 per cent of the overlay plywood used in the United States for concrete forms, highway signs and other purposes The new overlay facility is the final improvement in a series of investments exceeding $20 million which Simpson has made in Shelton in the last decade. The era of renovation has resulted in a complete rebuilding of Simpson's industrial waterfront which began with the razing of the old Reed and McCleary mills and their replacement with Sawmills Three and Four. Following improvements were expansion of the Insulating Board Plant, extension of the waterfront work area, construction of the Remanufacturing Plant and lumber drying kilns and establishment of the dry land log sorting yard and related waterfront facilities for handling bundled logs. Last year a $2.7 million renovation of Mill Three was completed for processing quality lumber out of pulle rom aroun COU 0 second-growth logs down to five inches in diameter. The Olympic Plant has operated since 1941. The building and site will be retained by Simpson pending further study. Discussion of transferring Olympic employees to the completed facility will begin soon with their union representatives. Equipment for the new plant is being ordered for installation next year, according to W. R. Francis, manager of Simpson's Northwest plywood operations. Construction is expected to begin in about two months. Francis said the Olympic Plant has made a "great contribution" to Simpson's growth as a plywood manufacturer over the past 30 years. Olympic has long been a leader in safety performance within Simpson and the industry. Monday the crews began their 2,647th consecutive day without a disabling injury. use coun The Mason County Parks and ~,ecreation Board Tuesday :eceived approval of a $55,201.50 allocation of state funds for the development of a county park at Mason Lake. Five young people from the Seattle area, including two juvenile boys, were arrested here on charges of taking a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner. They were arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday about 2½ miles south of Shelton on Highway 101 in a car which had been reported stolen from the Safeway parking lot half an hour earlier. The arrests were made by a Washington State Trooper. Arrested were Steven Philipsen, 20, 2652 15th W., Seattle; Jonathan M. Lilly, 19, 7136 Beach Dr. SW, Seattle, and Lisa Dickinson, 19, 2655 14th Ave. W., Seattle, and two juvenile boys, one 17 and one 16, both from the Seattle area. The two juvenile boys were remanded to juvenile authorities par un The grant was approved by the State Interagency Committee on Outdoor Recreation. The grant included $18,400 from Referendum 28 funds and $36,801 from Land and Water Conservation funds. The state grant amounts to 75 per cent of the estimated cost of the project, $73,602. The remaining 25 per cent will be provided by the county. in¢ and the three older ones were held in Mason County Jail pending filing of formal charges against them. The events which led to the arrests started about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when Geraldine C. Brooks, Shelton, reported to Shelton Police her 1964 car had been stolen from the Safeway parking lot. Officers were told by a witness they had seen three people get into the vehicle and drive west on Railroad Avenue. A description of the vehicle was broadcast, and about 8 p.m. a state trooper radioed he was following the vehicle south on Highway 101. The vehicle stopped and fire five young people were arrested. The county park board has been working on the proposal for more than a year, and, after having funding rejected once, revised the plan and submitted it again. The park board also has a proposal for development at Walker Park which may be submitted for funding at the April meeting of the state committee. The proposed development at Mason Lake includes a swimming area, boat moorage and launch, children's play areas, picnic areas, rest rooms, bath houses, 15 parking spots for cars with boat trailers, 51 spaces for car parking, four parking spaces for the handicapped, a galne area which includes a children's play area, swings, tetherball, volleyball, badminton, horseshoes, an area for handicvpped gaines and an archery range. The proposal also includes nature trails. Our drive-up window will close at 3 p.m., Monday, December 24 and Monday, December 31 Happy Holidays NA TIONA L BA SHELTON BRANCH Pickets, who had been at the Mason County Courthouse since last Wednesday on behalf of the sherifrs deputies, were withdrawn Monday after a meeting between the county commissioners, Sheriff Dan McNair and Bob Whitmarsh, financial secretary of IWA Local 3-38 The IWA local, which Tepresents a union formed by the deputy sheriffs earlier this year, New program getting A program recently initiated in the Shelton School District is designed to assist students who have learning problems in getting work experience. "[he program is under the direction of Susan Williams, who wits recently hired by the school district as Vocational Resources Coordinator. The program is being funded by a federal grant. Ms. Williams said she has 31 students in the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades. She said the program will utilize classroom study, field trips, guest speakers and work experience She has sent letters to businesses in the city about the program and will follow up with contact in person or by tele phone. She is trying to place the students in part-time jobs with the various businesses. She said the students are some who are slow learners and have been having problems in the regular classrooms. The objective is to get them out of the classroom and into a job part of the day. She stated she has some employers who have indicated )98 Up 2nd and Franklin Shelton 426-6163 ................ --_A.= had placed the pickets accusing the county of refitsing to bargain in good faith. The meeting between the officials and union representatives was arranged by Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan McNair said a Seattle law firm has been hired by the county to prepare a counter-proposal to a proposed contract submitted by the union several months ago. al they are willing to take students, and is now in the process of trying to match the students to those jobs which are available. As part of her job, she will contact the students and employers to ~ coordinate the program and to try to"wo'rk out problems which may arise. It was agreed the counter-proposal would be presented at the commission meeting Monday. After receiving assurance the counter-proposal would be submitted and discussion would continue, Whitmarsh agreed to withdraw the pickets. The pickets were IWA members. No county employees took part, since they are prevented from doing so under civil service regulations. Whitmarsh said the pickets were started when he did not receive any word from the county after the last meeting the two groups had, and that telephone calls he made to McNair were not returned. McNair said it was his understanding the attorney hired by the county was to contact Whitmarsh Jury starts A Mason County Superior Court jury will begin Monday morning to hear a first degree assault case against Elmer Lindsey, Tacoma. Lindsey is charged with using a gun to attempt to force a 16-year-old Seattle girl to drive him to Tacoma. During the events which followed, Lindsey was shot in the face. He has been held in Mason County Jail since being released from St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, where he was treated for his injuries. Jurors will report at 9:30 a.m. to begin the case. Lindsey is represented Olympia attorney Ed Holm \ • • Green spruce Blue spruce m Large Poinsettias ......................... Beautiful Christmas plant ................ 00 Christmas Peppers ........................ 400 Boston Ferns ..................... ......... sS" Terrariums ............. 7"- *26's 15" 18" . ........... 95 Just off the highway on Mt. View at 117 East "C" Street • Dirt Finding Headlight i ...... ~l -, "" ~/ ~ 't .... by ,,, OExtra Large Disposable Bag OEdge Cleaning 02 Speed Motor 04 Position Rug Adi...Low Pile to Shag , Deluxe I • ,onvert,ble Reg. 69.95 Reg. $29.95 Powerful Motor Limited M 2017 TO ime Of Shelton 426-2611 M707 LIGHTWEIGHT & COMPACT COMPLETE WITH WAND & TOOLS EXTRA ToO~ --STOREINSIO¢ RUGGED ALL STE~I' CONSTRUCTION \ LARGE EASY TO CHANGE DISPOSABLE BAG Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 13, 1973